David Megginson writes:
> > To the logical side: as long as the plane start *on* the runway it's IMO
> > very unrealistical that the engine isn't running.
>
> I've thought about that as well (though FLY! does the same thing).
I am convinced that we're best off starting with the engines id
David Megginson wrote:
>
> If Curt and the rest of you hate this change, I'm happy to roll it
> back out, but I've been hearing some very strong arguments against
> putting 0.7.9 out with engines off by default and no arguments in
> favour. Since this is a config-file change rather than a change
David Megginson writes:
> I am convinced that we're best off starting with the engines idling
> rather than off, since our default start is always on a runway (even
> if you specify a different airport). No C++ code changes are
> necessary, other than a small bug-fix to JSBSim.cxx; I've just chan
Curtis L. Olson writes:
> David Megginson writes:
> > I am convinced that we're best off starting with the engines idling
> > rather than off, since our default start is always on a runway (even
> > if you specify a different airport). No C++ code changes are
> > necessary, other than a small bu
David Megginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> I am convinced that we're best off starting with the engines idling
> rather than off, since our default start is always on a runway (even
Is there a way to set the parking brake at startup so that the plane doesn't
roll down (or off) the runway as soo
Jim Wilson writes:
> > I am convinced that we're best off starting with the engines idling
> > rather than off, since our default start is always on a runway (even
>
> Is there a way to set the parking brake at startup so that the plane doesn't
> roll down (or off) the runway as soon as it
David Megginson writes:
> Jim Wilson writes:
>
> > > I am convinced that we're best off starting with the engines idling
> > > rather than off, since our default start is always on a runway (even
> >
> > Is there a way to set the parking brake at startup so that the plane doesn't
> > roll d
Curtis L. Olson writes:
> I would think that if we are going to have the engine running at
> startup, we really should have either the parking brake set, or the
> sim come up paused/frozen.
Perhaps, but if we get the idle speeds reasonable, it won't be too
bad. Having the brakes on by defaul
David Megginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Curtis L. Olson writes:
>
> > I would think that if we are going to have the engine running at
> > startup, we really should have either the parking brake set, or the
> > sim come up paused/frozen.
>
> Perhaps, but if we get the idle speeds reasona
Jim Wilson writes:
> David Megginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> > Curtis L. Olson writes:
> >
> > > I would think that if we are going to have the engine running at
> > > startup, we really should have either the parking brake set, or the
> > > sim come up paused/frozen.
> >
> > Perhaps,
John Check <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> I could bind a toggle for the brakes to the indicator.
> I think it's fairly likely somebody might click on it
>
Yep great idea. Is the at-startup-parking-brake working? I couldn't seem
to make it work last night.
Best,
Jim
Jim Wilson writes:
> Yep great idea. Is the at-startup-parking-brake working? I couldn't seem
> to make it work last night.
No, there's some kind of a bug (it might just be that JSBSim is
overriding the initial setting), and I'll have to investigate.
All the best,
David
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